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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

Krebs on Security

One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing its operations through networks run by the Russian antivirus and security firm Kaspersky Lab , KrebsOnSecurity has learned. But in September 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) barred U.S.

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SideWinder targets the maritime and nuclear sectors with an updated toolset

SecureList

Infection flow The attacker sends spear-phishing emails with a DOCX file attached. The new version uses a different WMI, which collects the name of the antivirus and the related “productState” Furthermore, the malware compares all running process names against an embedded dictionary.

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NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation: Dates, Facts and Requirements

Centraleyes

Enacted in 2017, this regulation is all about minimizing risk in the financial services sector, which, lets face it, is prime real estate for cybercriminals. phishing attacks), and their specific roles in protecting sensitive information. As of 2024, some new NYDFS cybersecurity regulation updates have been added with some amendments.

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MY TAKE: What NortonLifeLock’s $8 billion buyout of Avast portends for consumer security

The Last Watchdog

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. Way back in 1990, Symantec acquired Norton Utilities and made Norton the heart of its antivirus subscription offering. billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 billion in 2016, for instance.

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Wipro Intruders Targeted Other Major IT Firms

Krebs on Security

The crooks responsible for launching phishing campaigns that netted dozens of employees and more than 100 computer systems last month at Wipro , India’s third-largest IT outsourcing firm, also appear to have targeted a number of other competing providers, including Infosys and Cognizant , new evidence suggests. Image: urlscan.io.

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Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware

Security Affairs

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. Javali trojan is active since November 2017 and targets users of financial and banking organizations geolocated in Brazil and Mexico. Background of Latin American Trojans. the trojan loader/injector.

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“FudCo” Spam Empire Tied to Pakistani Software Firm

Krebs on Security

The Manipulaters’ core brand in the underground is a shared cybercriminal identity named “ Saim Raza ,” who for the past decade across dozens of cybercrime sites and forums has peddled a popular spamming and phishing service variously called “ Fudtools ,” “ Fudpage ,” “ Fudsender ,” etc.

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